three home runs and 38 RBIs while committing 27 errors on the field his only major league season as a regular. He was traded twice on December 12, 1975, the same day at the Winter Meetings that the Braves upgraded at shortstop with the acquisition of Darrel Chaney from the Cincinnati Reds for Mike Lum. First to the Chicago White Sox with Ralph Garr for Ken Henderson, Dick Ruthven and Dan Osborn. Then to the Cleveland Indians for Jack Brohamer. Cleveland Indians Despite not having a regular position, Blanks still saw a decent amount of playing time in as a middle infielder. Early in his Cleveland career, Blanks and manager Frank Robinson got along, but the relationship began to crumble in . Blanks batted .280 with five home runs and 41 RBIs his first season in Cleveland, and believed he should be starting at short over Frank Duffy (.212, with two home runs and thirty RBIs in 66 more plate appearances). Robinson stuck with Duffy, however, as he had the better glove. At one point, Blanks took his uniform and set it on fire in a garbage can, to the dismay of Robinson. Several other players also began to mutiny against Robinson, leading to his dismissal 57 games into the 1977 season. Though Duffy remained the primary shortstop over the rest of the season, Blanks saw an upswing in playing time under new manager Jeff Torborg. On July 8, he enjoyed the only two home run game of his career against the Toronto Blue Jays. When starting third baseman Buddy Bell went down with a stretched ligament in his left knee on September 4, Blanks spent the rest of the season as his team's starting third baseman, batting .329 with six RBIs, however, committing three errors. In Spring training , Blanks beat out Duffy for the starting shortstop job. Shortly afterwards, Duffy was dealt to the Boston Red Sox. He hit pretty well, driving in ten runs in the month of April, but a throwing error against the California Angels on May 5 was his tenth error in just a month of play. He was soon replaced at short by Tom Veryzer. Texas Rangers Blanks and Jim Kern were traded to the Texas Rangers for Bobby Bonds and Len Barker on October 3, 1978. His playing time diminished in Texas. He made just 138 plate appearances, the fewest he'd ever